Book · by John Stuart Mill · first published 1868
How many pages is Principles of Political Economy?
Principles of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill has a median of 640 pages across 50 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 591 to 983 pages.
How long will Principles of Political Economy take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 640 | 5 | 12 h 19 min |
| Paperback | 635 | 8 | 12 h 14 min |
Editions counted
The 50 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 133 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | HardPress | – | 634 | OL30294322M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 450 | OL23153847M |
| 2006 | Cosimo Classics | Paperback | 476 | OL8883790M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing | Paperback | 624 | OL8062232M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing | Paperback | 640 | OL8062231M |
| 2004 | Prometheus Books | – | 891 | OL31597200M |
| 2004 | Hackett Publishing Company | Hardcover | 309 | OL9616474M |
| 2004 | Prometheus Books | Paperback | 892 | OL8850991M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | Hardcover | 624 | OL8546716M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | Hardcover | 640 | OL8546717M |
| 2004 | Hackett Publishing Company | Paperback | 309 | OL8374391M |
| 2001 | Adamant Media Corporation | Paperback | 648 | OL10500926M |
| 2000 | Adamant Media Corporation | Paperback | 642 | OL11821828M |
| 2000 | Adamant Media Corporation | Paperback | 630 | OL11821827M |
| 1999 | A. M. Kelley | Hardcover | 1,013 | OL7695494M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 512 | OL7384217M |
| 1994 | Oxford University Press | – | 450 | OL1418545M |
| 1987 | A.M. Kelley | – | 1,013 | OL2727410M |
| 1986 | Penguin Classics | – | 400 | OL7354784M |
| 1978 | University of Toronto Press | Hardcover | 1,166 | OL11208003M |
| 1974 | Penguin (Non-Classics) | – | 388 | OL7354494M |
| 1970 | Penguin | – | 388 | OL4700322M |
| 1965 | A. M. Kelley, bookseller | – | 1,013 | OL5946574M |
| 1965 | A. M. Kelley, bookseller | – | 1,013 | OL17763218M |
| 1965 | University of Toronto Press | – | 1,166 | OL26981213M |
| 1936 | Longmans, Green | – | 1,013 | OL6383011M |
| 1926 | Longmans, Green, and Co. | – | 1,013 | OL17637541M |
| 1923 | Longmans, Green, and Co. | – | 1,013 | OL25914464M |
| 1920 | Longmans, Green, and co. | – | 1,013 | OL6703015M |
| 1910 | D. Appleton | – | 670 | OL26910235M |
| 1909 | Longmans, Green, and co. | – | 1,013 | OL17763373M |
| 1909 | Longmans, Green | – | 1,013 | OL7244839M |
| 1909 | Longmans | – | 1,013 | OL13692631M |
| 1902 | Longmans, Green | – | 591 | OL13926775M |
| 1900 | G. Routledge | – | 640 | OL7044427M |
| 1898 | D. Appleton and company | – | 670 | OL6919153M |
| 1894 | D. Appleton and company | – | 670 | OL26881799M |
| 1892 | Longmans, Green | – | 591 | OL17774385M |
| 1888 | Longmans, Green, and co. | – | 591 | OL17639124M |
| 1888 | Longmans, Green, and co. | – | 591 | OL7085252M |
| 1885 | Longmans, Green and Co. | – | 591 | OL7193445M |
| 1884 | D. Appleton and Company | – | 658 | OL6925687M |
| 1884 | D. Appleton | – | 670 | OL17774384M |
| 1884 | Appleton | – | 670 | OL28406532M |
| 1878 | Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer | – | 591 | OL14034965M |
| 1875 | Longmans | – | 591 | OL7078893M |
| 1873 | Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer | – | 591 | OL6925686M |
| 1865 | Longmans, Green | – | 591 | OL25029486M |
| 1849 | J.W. Parker | – | 552 | OL13944878M |
| 1849 | J.W. Parker | – | 611 | OL13944877M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Principles of Political Economy?
- About 640 pages: that is the median of 50 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 309 to 1,166 pages.
- How long does it take to read Principles of Political Economy?
- About 12 h 19 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 25 days.
- How many words is Principles of Political Economy?
- Roughly 176,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.
Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).